“Jari is a business oriented program director, who steers complex technology enabled business transformation to the goal in time and in budget.”
Special skills
Program and project portfolio management
CFO experience in a listed company including IPO
Development of Group Financial Management Services
ERP implementation (SAP and Microsoft) program and service experiences
Technology enabled business transformations
Leading multinational, nearshore and offshore teams
Digitalization strategies and transformations since 1995
Strengths
Maximize the client’s added value - business and result oriented
Encouraging leadership for global and virtual teams
Driver personality – reach the goals
Working with various stakeholder groups, e.g. owners, board members, steering groups, leadership teams, R&D and other personnel
Relevant experience
Over 20 years of experience in business and ICT transformation programs and business line lead roles
Program director and project lead roles in multiple finance transformation programs which based on SAP S/4Hana and MS Dynamics 365 platforms
15+ years of experience in SAP projects and services
Vendor management and leading the multinational teams
Project portfolio management for several business areas
Account and bid management for more than 50 M€ of deals
Education
Master of Science (Tech), Helsinki University of Technology
Several Accenture Management Consulting and leadership schools and courses as: Value Driven Program Management; Advance Project, Program and Service Management
Certifications: SAFe Agilist, Elements of AI, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
